A Christmas Carol

South Coast Repertory

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Its understandable if the prospect of A Christmas Carol doesnt get you excited right away. Its been done by everyone from the Muppets to an unsettling, computer-animated Jim Carrey, with the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge learning to embrace the holiday spirit parodied and subverted every which way. So why get psyched for South Coast Repertorys version of the Dickens yarn? Hal Landon Jr., South Coast Reps Scrooge for 31 seasons, is obviously impressive, but save your true anticipation for learning more about Landon himselfnot only did he play Teds father in both Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure and Bill & Teds Bogus Journey , but he also was in David Lynchs surrealist classic Eraserhead , maybe the coolest credit that could possibly appear on a résumé.
Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 12 & 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.; Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Starts: Nov. 27. Continues through Dec. 23, 2010